May God Bless You

My family and I were having supper around Uptown Damansara. It was around 10.30 pm , where we were almost done and was asking for the bill. 2 tables away, an old man probably around his 50's was selling some New Year cookies. He was holding maybe 15 - 20 containers of them, I could see him barely being able to stand up right. His body was tilted to a side, due to the weigh of those cookies. I whispered to my mum , ' Ma , do you want to buy some cookies from that old man there ? ' As expected, she said no.

So, this man finally came to our table. And the conversation started just like this. 

Old man : ' Good Evening Ma'am, would you like some Chinese New Year cookies ? ' 

Mum : ' No thanks , Sir. Anyways, thank for offering' *Smiles * 

Old man : ' Are you sure ? These are fresh ' 

Mum : 'Sorry Sir , but we don't need them' 

So we went back calling for the bill. I think he was on the verge on giving up selling. The old man stood there for about 3 seconds. He packed his cookies back into that fragile plastic bag. Then, he started walking off. He didn't offered selling those cookies to the next table. But before he left, he said something that caught my attention. 

Old man : ' Thank you for your time Ma'am. Have a good evening and may god bless you ' 

Then he started walking off. I gave my mum the ' HELP HIM' look. Then mum told me to buy some cookies from him. Without hesitation, I rushed up to him. Told him we'll take one. A smiled magically appeared. He started introducing cookies that he made. Mum bought 1 container of spring rolls. Which looks something like this.

It tasted like any ordinary spring rolls. Maybe slightly better than average. It cost us RM 28. Mum said cookies like these can only be eaten during Chinese New Year, that's why it's a little costly. Mum gave that old man RM 30. For the first time in forever, mum said keep that change. Yup, the first time I'm hearing that from mum. 

The old man was grateful. He bowed and muttered, ' May God bless you. ' We left then, back to our car. He stood there from afar, waving. I think that amount of cash meant a lot for him. For an old man like him, to carry all those heavy and bulky cookies. He needed it. 

He left his contact on top of the container. His name is Robert Lim , 016 2213780. If people finding cookies for Chinese New Year. Do please help this man. I can't guarantee all cookies are yummy as I've only tried one. But I do think it's worth helping him out :) 

The point is, this man maybe has not much in his pocket. But he still had so much faith to keep going on. If I was working and starting to earn, I would have bought a bit more, and told him to go home and rest. 

I don't normally say any prayers. But, 

Dear God, please help men like these to pass through every obstacle in life. 

Dear God, please help the poor, the broken ones, the unfortunate ones, get back up onto their feet. 

Dear God, please teach the capable ones to help each other. 

Dear God, please give me strength to help.